At that moment, many plans flashed through Zhang Dabiao's mind:
The first thing he thought of was to use artillery to explode. This was the most tempting method, because the Eighth Route Army artillery had always maintained an advantage. If the artillery fire could be directed to the enemy cavalry group at this time, it would be able to blow it to pieces immediately.
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But this idea was quickly overturned. The reason is that both the enemy and our forces are mechanized forces, and both are advancing at the highest speed. They are only three to five kilometers away from each other. It only takes a minute or two to meet or develop into a crisscross situation.
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At this time, there was no time to direct the artillery to bomb it.
The second idea is to get off and fight on foot.
This is also an option, because the Eighth Route Army has rocket launchers, which can deal with enemy tanks and armored vehicles, repeating rifles can deal with enemy cavalry, and half-track vehicles can also put obstacles in front of them.
But this idea was overturned by Zhang Dabiao again.
The reason is that this is the rear of the enemy's defense line. The Eighth Route Army cannot organize a line of defense that can effectively block the enemy's charge. If it can barely organize a line of defense, it should be that there are enemy tanks and cavalry in front, the enemy's 39th Division on the left, and the enemy's iron and stone regiment on the right.
The main force of the army.
In this case, as long as the Japs seize the right opportunity and charge, they can submerge the mechanized troops in a sea of people in a short time... The most important thing for mechanized troops is speed and mobility. Dismounted infantry combat may be able to block armored vehicles and cavalry, but blocking
Unable to withstand the onslaught of Japanese infantry.
Zhang Dabiao was a little anxious. He wanted to send a message to Li Yunlong for instructions, but time did not allow him to do so.
Because the enemy and we are facing each other, we may only have one minute to think. When the two armies meet, everything will depend on fate.
"Damn it!" Zhang Dabiao cursed in his heart: "Even if the captain is here, he can't solve this situation!"
Zhang Dabiao was indeed right. When Li Yunlong heard the signal soldier reporting that Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were approaching with cavalry, he said with a very ugly face: "It's going to be bad!"
After thinking for a while, Li Yunlong immediately ordered the fifth battalion as a reserve force to get off the bus to reinforce the two wings.
The order given by Li Yunlong was: "As soon as you get to the two wings of the defense line, get off the car and organize the defense. We must not allow enemy tanks and cavalry to break through!"
As soon as Zhao Gang heard this order, his face suddenly lost color. He asked: "Old Li, are you giving up on Zhang Dabiao?"
Li Yunlong had a gloomy face and said nothing.
Now he only has this way, to use five battalions to block the gap on the two wings. As for the four battalions Zhang Dabiao was forced to rush in... they can only look at themselves!
Although Li Yunlong looks heavy on the surface at this time, his heart is bleeding. He is the main force of the independent group. If he is defeated like this, Li Yunlong will have no shame in living in this world!
"Boom, boom!" Amidst a burst of explosions, the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops had already collided with the enemy's forward.
Among them, the Eighth Route Army half-track vehicles took the initiative to put down the infantry.
This is a very wise choice, because infantrymen will suffer heavy losses if they are bombed if they are gathered in the rear compartment. At the same time, it is difficult for some types of troops to exert their combat effectiveness on half-track vehicles, such as mortars and rocket launchers.
As soon as the infantry, especially the rocket launcher shooters, get off the vehicle, the enemy's armored vehicles need to be careful.
However, the enemy seems to have known for a long time that the Eighth Route Army would fight like this... This is not a secret. The Eighth Route Army half-track vehicles have used such tactics many times in previous battles.
The enemy's response was for the cavalry to leap over the armored vehicles and charge towards the dismounted Eighth Route Army infantry.
This is indeed a good method.
If the bazooka shooter is equipped with an armor-piercing projectile, its piezoelectric fuze will only be triggered when it hits the hard armor of a tank or armored vehicle with a certain amount of pressure. It is almost useless against infantry and cavalry.
In addition, the enemy cavalry was so fast that they threw grenades and explosives forward as they advanced. The bursts of explosions made the soldiers unable to lift their heads.
In just a moment, the enemy cavalry rushed in front of them, and their sabers struck the soldiers accurately and hard, causing shocking streams of blood to rise up in the smoke.
Only then did Zhang Dabiao suddenly think of the tactics to deal with it. He hurriedly shouted to the radio: "Fight freely, break away from the enemy, and don't fight the enemy head-on!"
"Battal Commander!" Some people didn't understand: "If you don't fight head-on, does that mean you are running away?"
"Who the hell let you escape!" Zhang Dabiao cursed in a hoarse voice: "Do you understand that you hang the enemy? The enemy is a cavalry, and the horse will lose strength after running for a while! Ours is a car, no matter how long we run, it will not last long.
I won’t have enough energy!”
After saying this, everyone will understand. To put it bluntly, it is to avoid its sharpness.
The explosive power of the war horse is indeed quite amazing. It can even reach a speed of 60 kilometers per hour at full speed, which is higher than the speed of a half-track car.
However……
This is the fastest speed of the war horse. It is impossible for the war horse to maintain this speed forever. After more than ten minutes, the speed will slow down as soon as the momentum passes.
At that time, how to determine whether the enemy's cavalry was round, flat, or following a half-track vehicle?
After understanding this truth, the originally neat formation of half-track vehicles suddenly dispersed like a school of startled fish. Many of them took sharp turns and changed direction and became half-track vehicles. Cavalry and armored vehicles were on the run.
Chase behind.
At this time, the half-track car still had casualties.
The reason was that the speed of the enemy armored vehicle was comparable to that of a half-track vehicle. As soon as the half-track vehicle turned, its weak rear armor was exposed in front of it. With the burst of output from its light and heavy machine guns, several more half-track vehicles were knocked over.
On the ground.
But the losses were only these few vehicles.
Soon the enemy found that it was difficult for them to achieve results:
Although the speed of an armored vehicle is similar to that of a half-track vehicle, it is armored, has a turret, and has a heavy machine gun. Its own weight makes its steering very awkward, and its flexibility is far inferior to that of a half-track vehicle.
As a result, the half-track car turned frequently in front of it, and it also maneuvered at a large angle. This made the enemy armored vehicle always slow down by half a beat and the bullets could not catch up. At the same time, after such turns were made too many times, the speed slowed down.
The slower it becomes, the more clumsy it becomes.
The cavalry's weapons are either grenades or explosive blocks, as well as sabers and short lances.
Once the half-track car breaks contact with the cavalry, grenades and explosive blocks are unlikely to be a threat because they cannot be thrown that far.
As for sabers and lances, half-track cars can completely ignore their existence.
Even the cavalry did not dare to pursue too quickly. They had to chase behind the armored vehicles, otherwise they would be exposed to the firepower of the half-track armored vehicles and be taken away by a few bullets.
At this time, Kaoru Iwata was not aware of these crises. He thought that the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army had been defeated by his tactics of chariots and cavalry. He was saying proudly: "The mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army are nothing more than that!"